Tipped Cigarette Roller Apparatus

ABSTRACT

A tipped cigarette roller apparatus for rolling cigarettes with a glass tip includes a roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side. Each of the left side and the right side has a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough. The left side has a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot. The tip aperture is configured to receive a collar of a glass cigarette tip. A back roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side. A front roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION (1) Field of the Invention (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98

The disclosure and prior art relates to cigarette roller and more particularly pertains to a new cigarette roller for rolling cigarettes with a glass tip.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side. Each of the left side and the right side is perpendicularly coupled to the bottom side. Each of the left side and the right side has a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough. The left side has a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot. The tip aperture is configured to receive a collar of a glass cigarette tip. A back roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side. A front roller is coupled to the roller frame and has a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S)

The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a tipped cigarette roller apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 2 is an isometric in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 3 is an isometric in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 4 is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to FIGS. 1 through 4 thereof, a new cigarette roller embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral 10 will be described.

As best illustrated in FIGS. 1 through 4, the tipped cigarette roller apparatus 10 generally comprises a roller frame 12 having a left side 14, a right side 16, and a bottom side 18. Each of the left side 14 and the right side 16 is perpendicularly coupled to the bottom side 18. The roller frame 12 may have rounded corners. Each of the left side 14 and the right side 16 has a back axle aperture 20 and a front axle slot 22 extending therethrough. The front axle slot 22 may be J-shaped and has a straight portion 24 and a hooked portion 26. The straight portion 24 extends at an angle from proximal a front edge 28 of the roller frame towards a top edge 30 of the roller frame and the hooked portion 26 curves towards the bottom side 18. The left side 14 has a tip aperture 32 extending therethrough between the back axle aperture 20 and the front axle slot 22. The back axle aperture 20 of each of the left side 14 and the right side 16 is adjacent a back edge 34 of the roller frame and the tip aperture 32 is adjacent the bottom side 18. The tip aperture 32 is configured to receive a collar 36 of a glass cigarette tip 38. The tip aperture 32 conforms to a diameter of the collar 36 to slidingly receive the collar 36 but not a flattened, flared mouthpiece 40 of the cigarette tip 38.

A back roller 42 is coupled to the roller frame 12. The back roller 42 has a back axle 44 rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture 20 of the left side and the right side. A front roller 46 is coupled to the roller frame 12. The front roller 46 has a front axle 48 rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot 22 of the left side and the right side. A diameter of the back axle 44 and the front axle 48 is less than a diameter of the back roller 42 and the front roller 46.

In use, a cigarette paper 50 is placed on the back roller 42 and the front roller 46 with the front axle 48 in the straight portion 24. The collar 36 of the cigarette tip 38 is slid through the tip aperture 32. Tobacco 52 is placed within the cigarette paper 50 between the back roller 42 and the front roller 46 and the front roller 46 is slid to place the front axle 48 within the hooked portion 26 of the front axle slot 22. The back roller 42 and the front roller 46 are rotated to roll the cigarette paper 50 securely around the cigarette tip 38 and the tobacco 52. A rolled cigarette 54 is thus formed and may be extracted through the tip aperture 32.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements. 

I claim:
 1. A tipped cigarette roller apparatus comprising: a roller frame, the roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, each of the left side and the right side being perpendicularly coupled to the bottom side, each of the left side and the right side having a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough, the left side having a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot, the tip aperture being configured to receive a collar of a glass cigarette tip; a back roller coupled to the roller frame, the back roller having a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side of the roller frame; and a front roller coupled to the roller frame, the front roller having a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side of the roller frame.
 2. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the back axle aperture of each of the left side and the right side being adjacent a back edge of the roller frame and the tip aperture being adjacent the bottom side.
 3. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the roller frame having rounded corners.
 4. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 1 further comprising the front axle slot being J-shaped and having a straight portion and a hooked portion, the straight portion extending at an angle from proximal a front edge of the roller frame towards a top edge of the roller frame, the hooked portion curving towards the bottom side.
 5. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a diameter of the back axle and the front axle being less than a diameter of the back roller and the front roller.
 6. A tipped cigarette roller apparatus comprising: a roller frame, the roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, each of the left side and the right side being perpendicularly coupled to the bottom side, the roller frame having rounded corners, each of the left side and the right side having a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough, the front axle slot being J-shaped and having a straight portion and a hooked portion, the straight portion extending at an angle from proximal a front edge of the roller frame towards a top edge of the roller frame, the hooked portion curving towards the bottom side, the left side having a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot, the back axle aperture of each of the left side and the right side being adjacent a back edge of the roller frame and the tip aperture being adjacent the bottom side, the tip aperture being configured to receive a collar of a glass cigarette tip; a back roller coupled to the roller frame, the back roller having a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side of the roller frame; and a front roller coupled to the roller frame, the front roller having a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side of the roller frame, a diameter of the back axle and the front axle being less than a diameter of the back roller and the front roller.
 7. A tipped cigarette roller apparatus and cigarette tip combination comprising: a cigarette tip, the cigarette tip having a collar and a mouthpiece; a roller frame, the roller frame having a left side, a right side, and a bottom side, each of the left side and the right side being perpendicularly coupled to the bottom side, the roller frame having rounded corners, each of the left side and the right side having a back axle aperture and a front axle slot extending therethrough, the front axle slot being J-shaped and having a straight portion and a hooked portion, the straight portion extending at an angle from proximal a front edge of the roller frame towards a top edge of the roller frame, the hooked portion curving towards the bottom side, the left side having a tip aperture extending therethrough between the back axle aperture and the front axle slot, the back axle aperture of each of the left side and the right side being adjacent a back edge of the roller frame and the tip aperture being adjacent the bottom side, the tip aperture receiving the collar of the cigarette tip; a back roller coupled to the roller frame, the back roller having a back axle rotatably coupled within the back axle aperture of the left side and the right side of the roller frame; and a front roller coupled to the roller frame, the front roller having a front axle rotatably and slidably coupled within the front axle slot of the left side and the right side of the roller frame, a diameter of the back axle and the front axle being less than a diameter of the back roller and the front roller.
 8. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 7 further comprising the cigarette tip being glass.
 9. The tipped cigarette roller apparatus of claim 7 further comprising the collar being cylindrical and the mouth piece being flattened and flared. 